Music Interviews

Alan Menken: “Always be in love with the process”

Albert Hammond Jr.: “I loved pushing that boundary”

Alexander Ebert: “I was constantly in trouble”

Alicia Keys: “It can’t be held back anymore”

Andrea Bocelli: “Life has been good to me”

Arlo Parks: “It feels like what I’m meant to do”

Arturo Sandoval: “Focus on today”

Benjamin Bernheim: “This is an art form that is alive”

Bill Conti: “I’m writing it for emotional reaction”

Björk: “There is a dramatic change in the air”

Black Francis: “It doesn’t feel like anger”

Bryan Adams: “It’s like mining for diamonds”

Carla Bruni: “The real matter is the people you love”

Cecilia Bartoli: “I am hopelessly curious”

Chilly Gonzales: “I try to pull the curtain back”

Clive Davis: “You’ve got to earn it”

Cosey Fanni Tutti: “It’s like a metamorphosis”

Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson: “Money is freedom”

Danny Elfman: “I’m wired in this way”

Darcus Beese: “Create your own luck”

David Byrne: “We did okay”

David Newman: “You’re bonded to it”

Debbie Harry: “The music speaks for itself”

Denzel Curry: “I have no regrets”

Elvis Costello: “I didn’t have some big blueprint”

Fana Hues: “It feels like completion”

Flume: “I’ve started to put life as a priority”

Flying Lotus: “Music wasn’t a reality for me”

Genesis Owusu: “I’ve always known who I am”

Giorgio Moroder: “I was always interested in the hits”

Grimes: “I want to be the best”

Gunner Stahl: “You can tell if it’s real or not”

Hans Zimmer: “You are forever in that dream world”

Hildur Guðnadóttir: “That’s when things come alive”

James Mercer: “Everyone was too cool to care”

Jan Lisiecki: “The music speaks for itself”

Jane Birkin: “There was a sense of being totally free”

Jarvis Cocker: “It’s like seeing into the future”

Jeff Mills: “You’re only limited by your imagination”

Jóhann Jóhannsson: “Does it speak simply and directly?”

Johnny Marr: “Who cares about authentic?”

Johnny Rotten: “I love chemical imbalances”

Jon Batiste: “I’m a link in a chain”

Justin Timberlake: “Be in the moment”

Kenny Gravillis: “It becomes a dance”

Kiri Te Kanawa: “It’s coming from your heart”

Lars Ulrich: “So far, so good”

Lee “Scratch” Perry: “I am that I am”

Leslie Odom Jr.: “We have to make room for all of it”

Lianne La Havas: “I don’t do it for anybody else”

Lubomyr Melnyk: “It has to be lived”

Ludovico Einaudi: “It was like a ritual”

Ludwig Göransson: “I’m building a puzzle”

M.I.A.: “I made it to where that actions begins”

Marin Alsop: “I bring the art to life again”

Mark Ronson: “I’m very aware of my place in music”

Matty Healy: “Nostalgia is beautiful”

Max Richter: “I like to get to the essentials”

Maya Hawke: “I’m a lifelong learner”

Mick Jagger: “Excess was the order of the day”

Mick Rock: “I blame the name”

Missy Mazzoli: “Struggle is part of the process”

Moby: “I don’t want anything from music”

Mykki Blanco: “I was in an existential place”

Neil Young: “You have to break out of it”

Nelly Furtado: “Let’s pull the mask off now”

Nick Cave: “I don’t think that people want to be like me”

Nick Mason: “No one owes anyone anything”

Nico Muhly: “Pick your battles”

Nils Frahm: “Everything can be used for the music”

Nilüfer Yanya: “You want to feel something”

Noah Goldstein: “I’ve always trusted my taste”

Ólafur Arnalds: “It’s not the end of the journey”

Patti Smith: “Rock 'n roll belongs to the people”

Paul Banks: “I feel like they’re evocative enough”

Peaches: “Every kind of art is a privilege”

Peter Hook: “A magic that people can tune in to”

Philip Selway: “Allow yourself to be in the moment”

Pusha T: “People can hear passion”

Randall Goosby: “It’s not just notes on a page”

Richie Hawtin: “I’m interested in man and machine”

Rita Ora: “I didn't have the answers”

Roger Waters: “We are on a knife’s edge”

Róisín Murphy: “Everything became about music”

Rolando Villazón: “It’s a liberating feeling”

Rufus Wainwright: “I don’t preach”

RZA: “I knew where to go”

Sean Momberger: “I’m a part of something big”

Seong-Jin Cho: “It’s an endless journey”

Seth MacFarlane: “There’s room for all”

Sheila Atim: “This is who we are”

Shirley Manson: “I’m enough for me”

Song Yi Jeon: “That’s what I have to do”

Sonny Rollins: “I’m part of the universal spirit”

Sonya Yoncheva: “Art cannot be lost”

Syd: “I’m ready to move forward”

The National: “At peace with the darkness”

The Chemical Brothers: “That feeling lives with you”

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross: “That's the magic of it”

Tricky: “I’m in people’s souls”

Wayne Coyne: “You get to be a bigger version of yourself”

William Orbit: “I’m absolutely open”

Willo Perron: “I never wanted to be very singular”

Yann Tiersen: “Music is not language”

Yoann Lemoine: “I’m not there yet”
